Door-check



(No Model.)

L. RAWDON.

DOOR CHECK.

Patented Jan 27, 1891.

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@NlTE STATES ATENT rricn.

LUCIEN RAWDON, OF \VINDSOR, OHIO.

DOOR-CHECK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,455, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filed April 17, 1890. Serial No. 348,426. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUCIEN RAWDON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Windsor, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Stops and Bolts; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain novel features involved in the construction of a combined bolt and door-stop, which I will fully set forth in the following specification, and illustrate in the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my bolt and door-stop as applied to use. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same detached from the door. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal. section of the same. Fig. L is a detail of the several parts separate from each other. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modification hereinafter described.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a body, which consists of an oblong rectangular form having in its front face the longitudinal slot, as shown in Fig.1. \Yithin this body or housing is secured the bolt'li, the lower end of which passes through a cylindrical opening in the lower end of the body and projecting therefrom sufficiently to be used as a bolt ora door-stop, as will be hereiinafter explained. The upper end of this bolt is held snugly though loosely in position by the transverse partition a, as shown in Fig. 2. Above said partition I secure around said bolt the spiral spring 1), the lower end of which rests against the partition, while the upper end thereof is secured to the bolt, as shown in Fig. 2. Around the bolt below said partition is secured looselythe collarO, while a short distance below said collar is rigidly secured the pin b, and between said pin and collar is arranged the spiral spring I), of

greater strength than the spring I); and it will be seen that as the collar 0 is loosely mounted on said bolt it can move up and down upon the same and be caused to rest against the spring I)". Extending from the front side of the collar 0 is the handle or operatingrod c, which is arranged to reach through the slot in the face of the body, as shown in Fig. 1.

In operation my bolt and door-stop is secured to the door; preferablyin the lowerfree corner; and it will be seen that a downward pressure upon the handle cwill press theloose collar 0 down upon the spring I), thereby forcing the bolt with an easy spring-pressure downward into a hole that may be provided for the reception of the lower. end, when a lateral turn of said handle will secure the same at any desired point in one of the ratchets, as shown in Fig. l.

- hen it is desired to use the device as a door-stop, the door may be opened to the desired point and the handle 0 pressed down, thereby forcing the bolt, as above described, with an easy spring pressure downward against the floor, and by a lateral movement of the handle 0 the edge thereof will be forced under the contiguous ratchet, and thereby secure the bolt firmly against the floor and thus hold the door in any position. In order to give the bolt a better grasping-surface I secure immediately in the lower end thereof a rubber cushion D, as shown.

I am aware that various kinds of door-stops have been patented, and I have especially examined the same and make no claim to any of the features shown. I desire to call attention to the construction wherein I depart from the characteristic features of such patents. It will be seen that I place my securing-cushionimmediately in the lower end of the bolt, so that its diameter is not increased,

thereby leaving such end free to enter a hole having the same diameter as the bolt. It will be seen that by my peculiar construction of the sliding bolt having the spring Z)" encircling it above the fixed pin 1), and the sliding collar 0, when the bolt is pressed down, in case the edge of the handle a does not register with the straight under edge of one of the ratchet-teeth, instead of raising the handle so that it will go under slot.

It will be seen that I provide upon one or both sides of the slot in the front of the body a seri s of ratchets adapted to engage with the side or sides of the handle 0, so that a lat eral turn of said handle will readily secure the same and the boltin the position desired. If it is desireF to use ratchets on both edges of the slot, I prefer to construct the collar as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, in which it will be seen that I have pivotally connected.

to each side of the inner end of the handle 0 the arms E. The free ends of said arms are provided with holes, through which pass the pins (2, which are secured permanently to the outer end of the handle. Around said pins are the spiral springs F, which hold the arms away from the handle and cause them to engage with the ratchets on the side of the When it is desired to move the collar upward, the arms are pressed inward toward the handle, which releases them from engagement with the ratchets, as will be readily understood.

Believing that the advantages and construction of my invention will be readily understood from the foregoing description, further reference to the various parts is deemed unnecessary.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the casing A, having the apertured iower end and the apertured partition a and having the longitudinal slot in its front face, the edge of which is formed with the series of inclined teeth, the sliding bolt having the fixed pin 1), the spring 6 encircling the bolt above this pin, the sliding collar 0, arranged on the bolt above this .spring and having the projecting handle 0,

and the lifting-spring b encircling the bolt above the partition a and secured at its upper end to the bolt, substantially as set forth,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUoIEN' RAWDON.

Witnesses:

\V. T. FITZ GERALD, J. F. REILY. 

